† ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό
(< ἀνατίθημι), Hellenistic for Attic ἀνάθημα (Bl., § 27, 2);
1. prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as ἀνάθημα in II Mac 2:13, Lk 21:5—where LT read -θεμα, v. M, Pr., 46).
2. [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (v. Driver, De., 98 f., and cf. Le 27:28-29), hence;
(a) of the sentence pronounced (De 13:15), a curse: Ac 23:14;
(b) of the object on which the curse is laid, accursed (De 7:26): Ro 9:3, I Co 12:316:22, Ga 1:8, 9 (v. ICC on Ro.; Lft., Ga., 1:8, 9; Cremer, 547; Tr., Syn., § v; MM, VGT, s.v.).†